AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas State Rep. James Talarico is behind a bill that, if passed, would give Texas teachers a $15,000 pay bump. “House Bill 1548 would be the biggest teacher pay raise in Texas history.,” said Rep. Talarico. “This moment demands bold action and that’s what our state is known for.” The bill would…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana Home last week, according to his attorney. The documents had been “inadvertently boxed” and transported to Pence’s home at the end of the last administration,” Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, told the National Archives in a letter last week.…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Authorities arrested 46 North Texas men in connection with a commercial sex trafficking sting that operated out of hotels in Southlake’s town square and near Stonebriar Centre in Frisco. The Homeland Security Investigation’s Dallas office said the would-be “Johns” came from all walks of life including a high school…… MORE
Fox Business (WBAP/KLIF) – Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday that President Biden would veto a bill being pushed by House Republicans that would limit his ability to draw from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The bill, the Strategic Production Response Act, calls for increasing domestic oil and gas production on federal lands to offset…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an indictment in the weekend death of an endangered vulture at the Dallas Zoo. Dallas CEO Greg Hudson said the endangered species was at lest 35-years-old when it was found dead Saturday in its habitat with a wound. He couldn’t expand on…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – University United Methodist Church in Fort Worth will hold a candlelight vigil Monday to support the Paschal High School community after two students were shot outside a restaurant Friday. According to organizers, counselors and care-givers will be on hand beginning at 3:45 p.m. at the church, a decades-long neighbor and partner…… MORE
Updated at 4:00pm: Fort Worth police have announced the arrest of a third suspect in the deadly shooting at a Whataburger near Paschal High School. 17-year-old Isaiah Nunez was arrested Monday. This follows the arrest of 17-year-old Daniel Reed and a 16-year-old who has not been identified. Original Story: FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth…… MORE
Fort Worth. TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police are investigating after a double fatality crash last night [Sunday Jan. 22] that they say happened after a driver sped away from a street takeover. It happened just after 11 p.m. When police got to the location on University Drive near White Settlement Road, they turned on…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dozens of charter, magnet, private and home school organizations across the Metroplex are kicking off National School Choice Week. Organizers are hosting events to inform parents about educational options for their children that differ from the traditional public school system. Andrew Campanella is President of National School Choice Week…… MORE
UPDATED: 9:37AM Grand Prairie, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In Grand Prairie all lanes on WB I-30 are now open at Belt Line Road. Traffic had been tied up since about 5:30 a.m. due to an accident. Reported by TXDOT — GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Grand Prairie officials have closed down the westbound lanes of Interstate 30…… MORE
